Open AccessPattern and distribution of pedestrian injuries in fatal road traffic accidental cases in Dharan, Nepal
Author(s) -
Birendra Kumar Mandal,
Biswa Nath Yadav
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.136175
Subject(s) - accidental , pedestrian , medicine , foot (prosody) , road traffic , injury prevention , road traffic accident , occupational safety and health , poison control , medical emergency , transport engineering , engineering , pathology , linguistics , philosophy , physics , acoustics
Road traffic injuries are one of the leading causes of death in the world. The present study aims at evaluation of pattern and distribution of injuries among pedestrians thereby planning successful measures to minimize fatalities.